The only way one can display learning is by playing with it. Because the truth is that there's something embarrassing about displaying… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
Everything you draw is influenced. It's like yogurt. You need a little bit to start the next batch. — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
The only way one can display learning is by playing with it. Because the truth is that there's something embarrassing about displaying heavy knowledge.… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in, and not capable of, direct politics. What I can do - I try to figure out the underlying principles. I'm… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
People are infinitely more interesting than characters that I come up with. Because the characters I come up with are basically combinations of people… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
As a non-western artist, you have to ask yourself a question fairly early in your life: do I want to become a bridge maker,… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
The most important part of a city is its people. In fact, people for me are like little cities. When you meet someone, it's… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
Only a very specific kind of writer keeps their reader in mind while working. Such writers don't want to irk their readers; they don't… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
There are different reasons why people write: for themselves, or for other writers, or to get prizes, or keeping an audience in mind. In… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
My books serve as archives of thoughts and emotions, like a tonal history that captures how I felt at a certain time of my… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
I feel history is more of a story than a lesson. I know this idea of presentism: this idea of constantly evoking the past… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
People are interested in relevant stories. In big events. But I'm not interested in big things; I'm interested in the smaller details of life. — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in a lot… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
